Kielder Observatory Building

Kielder Observatory Building

Charles Barclay Architects’ recently completed Kielder Observatory is the latest in a series of interesting commissions by the Art and Architecture programme at Kielder, Northumberland.

IJburg house: Amsterdam home, property

IJburg House: Amsterdam Home

The 140 m2 house is located on a small plot in IJburg; a recently developed suburb of the city of Amsterdam. The house is designed as a vertical garden giving space to flora and fauna to grow in a densely urbanised area

Animal Refuge: Dierenopvangcentrum Amsterdam

Animal Refuge: Dierenopvangcentrum Amsterdam

The two Amsterdam animal refuges have been amalgamated – the new-built is the largest pound in the Netherlands. The plot is in the city fringe, an apparently impossible wedge of cake

Digital installation Pré, MoMA Design Exhibition

Digital installation Pré, MoMA New York, Images, Show, Architecture, Building MoMA New York – Design Exhibition MoMA New York Design Exhibition – Drawings by Steven Holl, Architect, USA 12 Aug 2008 MoMA New York Exhibition Digital Installation of Drawings by Architect Steven Holl opens at MoMA The digital installation Pré, consisting of 365 drawings made … Read more

Ahmanson Founders Room, Music Center

Ahmanson Founders Room Los Angeles interior

The Ahmanson Founders Room is a 2,500 ft2 addition buried in the first level of subterranean parking at The Music Center in downtown Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Bookstore Selexyz Dominicanen Maastricht

Bookstore Selexyz Dominicanen Maastricht bookshop

Merkx+Girod architects were asked by the Dutch booksellers Selexyz to convert the interior of the former Dominican Church in Maastricht into a modern bookstore.

Khan Shatyry Entertainment Centre, Astana

Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre’s 150 metre mast successfully erected. The most critical phase in the construction of the Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre in Kazhakstan was successfully completed yesterday with the erection of its 150 metre-high tripod mast.

Greek Vacation House, Porto Rafti property

Greek Vacation House, Porto Rafti property

The house is located in Porto Rafti at the eastern part of Attiki, in a seaside area that lacks urban planning. What was substantial in the design approach was the need to create internal views in order to avoid the anarchy of the surroundings.

Asahikawa Garage, Kamikawa, Hokkaido

Garage in Asahikawa

Asahikawa Garage, Hokkaido building, Kamikawa architecture – design by Jun Igarashi Architects – contemporary Japanese garage: Hokkaido architecture

Khanty Mansiysk Siberia Building, Russia

Khanty Mansiysk - Siberian Building Development, Russia

Khanty Mansiysk Siberia: piercing the skyline and rising above the Russian city of Khanty Mansyisk, this mixed-use scheme will create an elegant and crystalline landmark, providing crucial new amenities for its citizens